Paris, Texas

DVD 2009

After having been missing for four years and presumed dead, Travis emerges from the desert near the Texas-Mexico border and collapses at a gas station. His younger brother, Walt, a billboard artist, takes him to Walt's Los Angeles home where Travis' son, Hunter, has lived with Walt and Walt's wife, Anne, since Travis and his wife, Jane, disappeared. Travis reestablishes a relationship with Hunter, finds Jane and brings about a reunion between Jan...

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ISBN:

9781604652284

Edition:

Director-approved special edition

Description:

2 videodiscs (145 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Notes:

Based on the book "Paris, Texas" by Sam Shepard
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1984
Number of discs may vary
Booklet includes "On the road again" essay by film critic Nick Roddick, "A long ride" by Sam Shepard, "Voices under your skin" interview with Nastassja Kinski, "Loss of innocence" interview with Harry Dean Stanton, "Me and my brother" interview with Dean Stockwell, excert from the preface of Wim Wenders book 'Written in the West'
Bonus features: Disc 1. Audio commentary featuring Wim Wenders. Disc 2. "Wim Wenders" interview with Wenders by German journalist Roger Willemsen; "The road to Paris, Texas" excerpts from th 1990 film "Motion and Emotion" featuring interviews with Wim Wenders, Robby Müller, Ry Cooder, Harry Dean Stanton, Peter Falk, Dennis Hopper, Hanns Zischler, Samuel Fuller, Patricia Highsmith and Kraft Wetzel conducted by director Paul Joyce; "Claire Denis and Allison Anders" interviewed by Kent Jones; "Cinéma cinémas" segment from the French television program featuring 'Wim Wenders Hollywood April '84'; Deleted scenes; Super 8 footage; Galleries; "Written in the West" gallery of Wenders' location-scouting photos from his book; Behind the scenes photos by Robin Holland
Art director, Kate Altman ; editor, Peter Przygodda ; music, Ry Cooder
Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clement, Hunter Carson, Bernard Wicki
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dobly digital 5.1 surround
For private home use only
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Contents:

Disc 1. Feature film
disc 2. Bonus features

Control Number:

1532520

UPC:

715515052214

Other Authors:

Anders, Allison
Argos Films
Carson, Hunter, 1975-
Carson, L. M. Kit
Clément, Aurore, 1945-
Cooder, Ry
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Denis, Claire, 1946-
Falk, Peter, 1927-2011
Fuller, Samuel, 1912-1997
Guest, Don
Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995
Hopper, Dennis, 1936-2010
Janus Films
Joyce, Paul, 1940-
Kinski, Nastassja, 1960-
Müller, Robby, 1940-2018
Przygodda, Peter
Road Movies Filmproduktion
Roddick, Nick
Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017
Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017. Paris, Texas. [DVD]
Sievernich, Chris
Stanton, Harry Dean, 1926-2017
Stockwell, Dean, 1936-2021
Wenders, Wim
Wetzel, Kraft
Wicki, Bernhard, 1919-2000
Willemsen, Roger, 1955-2016
Zischler, Hanns, 1947-

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